2. Why does Mr. Biswas feel like a Deserving Destitute?
(a) He does not own his own house.
(b) Everyone asks him for money.
(c) He is underpaid and underappreciated.
(d) His household is overcrowded, noisy, and impoverished.

3. What color does Mr. Biswas paint his typewriter?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Silver.
(d) Black.

4. What problem does Mr. Biswas have with the stairway of his new house?
(a) It is very rickety.
(b) Two boards are missing at the top of the stairs.
(c) There are splinters in most of the boards.
(d) It is missing.

5. Why does Owad go to England?
(a) To study medicine.
(b) To study English literature.
(c) To work for a relative.
(d) To marry.

6. In Book 2, Chapter 3, what does Chinta accuse Anand of doing?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Stealing chickens.
(c) Withholding money from the family.
(d) Stealing money from her room.

7. What pursues the Tulsi chickens?
(a) Snakes and mongooses.
(b) The children.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Wild dogs.

8. After the family's first harvest does not produce the gains expected, how do some of the Tulsi women plan to earn money?
(a) By selling eggs.
(b) By selling chickens.
(c) By renting land to sharecroppers.
(d) By making incense from orangewood.

9. What does Mr. Biswas offer to do for free for the editor of the newspaper?
(a) Write articles.
(b) Set up the typesetter.
(c) Clean his office.
(d) Proofread.

10. Why is Shekhar jealous of Owad?
(a) Shekhar claims he wanted to study at Cambridge.
(b) He wishes he could work overseas.
(c) Owad is Mrs. Tulsi's favorite child.
(d) He loves Owad's fiance.

11. Where does Mr. Biswas live after Mrs. Tulsi evicts him from the house in Port of Spain?
(a) In his house in Shorthills.
(b) In a single room in one of Mrs. Tulsi's tenement houses.
(c) In a small apartment.
(d) With Ramchand.

12. In the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 3, which family member refuses to relocate?
(a) Ramchand.
(b) Seth.
(c) Govind.
(d) Savi.

13. What outrageous claim does Owad make about Russian cotton?
(a) It naturally grows in different colors and does not need to be dyed.
(b) The cotton bolls grow as large as tennis balls.
(c) It is as heavy as wool.
(d) It is edible.

14. What type of garden does the work crew destroy in Chapter 2 of Book 2?
(a) A rose garden.
(b) A vegetable garden.
(c) A Japanese rock garden.
(d) An English-style flower garden.

15. Which subject does Anand excel in at school?
(a) Lettering.
(b) English composition.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Science.